He did a compression test.
OP did you say your oil level is going up?! Or oil consumption?
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- Sun Dec 03, 2023 2:01 pm
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: 2nd cylinder keeps on fouling spark plugs
- Replies: 20
- Views: 228
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 6:11 pm
- Forum: Parts For Sale/Wanted
- Topic: 2.8 Struts wanted
- Replies: 6
- Views: 890
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: RIP Shane Macgowan
- Replies: 17
- Views: 307
Re: RIP Shane Macgowan
Mate thanks for sharing those tales, just read it to Julie-Ann and she loved hearing about it too :applaud: You should come to CRaP this year and reminisce in person, have a few drinks, tell some stories, bask in the glow of fun times and make a few new happy memories, that's what it's all about! An...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 10:21 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: RIP Shane Macgowan
- Replies: 17
- Views: 307
Re: RIP Shane Macgowan
Sad news indeed :( where did you meet him Nik? Tom when Shane and The Pogues split he formed The Popes. My mate John auditioned and got in. He played the fiddle and whistle in the band so we got backstage after all their London gigs. John introduced him to me !!!!! We went to a few after show drink...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:07 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: RIP Shane Macgowan
- Replies: 17
- Views: 307
Re: RIP Shane Macgowan
Sad news indeed
where did you meet him Nik?

- Thu Nov 30, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Happy birthday pinto Nick
- Replies: 14
- Views: 204
Re: Happy birthday pinto Nick
Happy Birthenlicht Oberleunant Nicolas! Have a reich good time 






- Fri Nov 24, 2023 10:32 am
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Ebay finds
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2404
Re: Ebay finds
Chuckle! Guffaw!
Re: respray
Interesting about the MOT thing, I have heard a lot of people reckon it is a long term plan to get rid of old cars. Re introduce the MOT after 10 or so years and how many cars will disappear on there first test? I know of several classic owners who wont get an MOT because they are worried what it m...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:16 pm
- Forum: Parts For Sale/Wanted
- Topic: 2.8i tank wanted
- Replies: 23
- Views: 662
Re: 2.8i tank wanted
Top class bants lads.. just like the old days 

- Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:12 pm
- Forum: Parts For Sale/Wanted
- Topic: headlining
- Replies: 2
- Views: 188
Re: headlining
Mine has just started sagging on the sunroof... well annoying 

Re: respray
you may or may not be thinking was it all worth it, Financially, no, it`s never going to be `worth it`, but money isn`t everything: nobody who has any fondness for these cars willl have anything but admiration for what you`ve done! It`s a fantastic job, the car will now go off into the future and b...
Re: respray
you may or may not be thinking was it all worth it, Financially, no, it`s never going to be `worth it`, but money isn`t everything: nobody who has any fondness for these cars willl have anything but admiration for what you`ve done! It`s a fantastic job, the car will now go off into the future and b...
Re: respray
Nice one Mr B.. yours was worse than mine.. except for the lower rear quarters which looks about the same.. it's that foam they stuck in there I think. Looks great now 

- Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:53 am
- Forum: Q & A
- Topic: Alcohol in fuel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 401
Re: Alcohol in fuel
After that toffy nosed plonker disrupted the fuel supply in 2021 by adding imported ethanol into our refineries by unilateral decision, the whole country went to chaos. He then had the audacity to blame tanker drivers. Ethanol is hydroscopic, it absorbs water in the atmosphere and in the tank. Itβs...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:49 am
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Interior update...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 331
Re: Interior update...
Look gorgeous Nick 

- Sun Nov 19, 2023 9:48 am
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Interior update...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 331
Re: Interior update...
Andrew 2.8i wrote: βSat Nov 18, 2023 5:44 pmIt's good that they fit, but you really should have bought the Ford cards, not the ones for a Triumph...![]()
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- Sat Nov 18, 2023 12:33 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: I'm in Wales..
- Replies: 4
- Views: 210
Re: I'm in Wales..
..in a diesel Yaris You didn't fancy another EV experience then π Lol! They would be absolutely useless there, we did joke about how crap owning one would be. Also very happy to see the Welsh use cash a lot more than the south - lots of banks too, two or three in every town we went to, open most of...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:48 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Waterless Wash & Wax Products
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3766
Re: Waterless Wash & Wax Products
I'll take a pic when I am back from Andrew's vast country estate. Get off my land! :lol: https://i.postimg.cc/PJK7h0nH/Get-Off-My-Land-Farmer.jpg Is that the guy who played the middle class neighbour in Saxondale with Steve Coogan?? EDIT not sure if it is.. but found the short film it's in and it's...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:47 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Waterless Wash & Wax Products
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3766
Re: Waterless Wash & Wax Products
I was using a sticker gum remover the other day, a quite aggressive solvent, and it started taking off the matt paint that was on there since before I bought the car. So I kept rubbing and underneath was this lovely deep lustrous original rosso red. So well preserved you wouldn't believe. I'll take...
- Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:33 pm
- Forum: Rant and Rave
- Topic: Waterless Wash & Wax Products
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3766
Re: Waterless Wash & Wax Products
I was using a sticker gum remover the other day, a quite aggressive solvent, and it started taking off the matt paint that was on there since before I bought the car. So I kept rubbing and underneath was this lovely deep lustrous original rosso red. So well preserved you wouldn't believe. I'll take ...